EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: King Charles’ decision to expand the Christmas guest list at Sandringham has left some dissatisfied

The King’s decision to expand the guest list for Christmas at Sandringham was not met with universal festive joy. Making room for Queen Camilla’s children and grandchildren means that some employees are dissatisfied.

They have been told to give up their rooms to accommodate the visitors, dividing it into smaller quarters and even sharing rooms.

At least Prince Andrew and Fergie won’t be temporarily evicting anyone.

They are billeted at nearby Wood Farm Cottage, where they drive for meals and church.

Making room for Queen Camilla’s children and grandchildren means that some employees are dissatisfied. Pictured: Sandringham House in Norfolk

After a guest presentation on Good Morning Britain, the Duchess of Yorkwhich reappears yesterday and also appears in Lorraine, risks becoming a permanent fixture at the ITV studio.

“I’m sending Sarah over,” Lorraine trembled GMB host Dermot O’Leary before saying to Fergie, “Come over and you can read the news later.”

John Simpson says he begged the BBC to send him to war zones at Christmas before his son was born 17 years ago.

“I used to try to go to nasty places,” he recalls. ‘I used to spend a lot of Christmases in bad, nasty, scary places, but I remarried and we had a child who is now 17.’

He adds, “Now we eat too much and watch movies like Elf.” A matter of eleven and safety, John!

Tom Stoppard’s third wife, Sabrina Guinness, has a playwright’s touch, insisting that he abandon his old-fashioned ideas and avoid insults.

‘I keep being told, ‘Oh, you can’t say he’s fat,'” whines Tom, 86. ‘And I say, ‘But he’s fat, and what should I say instead?’

“Sabrina is more aware of society’s red flags than I am.”

Tom Stoppard’s third wife, Sabrina Guinness, has a playwright’s benchmark and insists he abandon his old-fashioned ideas and avoid insults (File Photo)

Actress Shirley Anne Field, who has died aged 87 and shared a bed with Laurence Olivier in the 1960 film The Entertainer, was asked by Larry who her favorite actress was.

She replied: ‘I love Vivien Leigh.’ “He became enraged,” she recalled. ‘He was terrible. I got out of his bed and said, “I’m not staying here with you.”

I sulked…’ Shirley did not know that Larry and Mrs. Vivien Olivier were on the verge of divorce.

Trouser-splitting enthusiast PJ Proby now reveals it wasn’t his seam-busting antics that led to his dismissal from a 1960s rock tour, despite the protests of morality campaigner Mary Whitehouse.

“They threw me off the tour after three shows and quit Tom Jones in my place,” Proby tells The Beat magazine.

“But you see, even though the pants weren’t torn, they were still willing to throw me off.” Sure enough, replacement Tom cleared his throat and noted, “It’s not unusual PJ!”

Among celebrities stripping off for charity in ITV show The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls, actress Sherrie Hewson reveals fellow contestant and ex-royal butler Paul Burrell was disturbingly keen to appear naked off camera.

“We kept saying, ‘Put your clothes on, no one ever wants to see that,’” Sherrie whines. “But he had the freedom to… dangle.”